Start point: Greendale (NY 144 056)
Greendale – Greendale Gill – Jos Naylor’s cairn – Buckbarrow – Casper Gully – Greendale
Distance: 2 miles Total Ascent: 357 metres Time Taken: 1 hour 30 minutes Start Time: 09:40
Weather: Sunny spells, clearing. 6°C
It looked promising enough when I drove into Wasdale this morning but the cloud never completely lifted from the high fells whilst I was there. Buckbarrow though was mostly in the sunshine and there was fresh snow evident on the high fells from what I could see. I found a different and interesting route down from the top too…
Clearing skies over Wasdale and fresh snow on the high fells.
Majestic Yewbarrow.
Buckbarrow from Greendale.
Greendale Gill.
Middle Fell.
Middle Fell from the climb to Jos Naylor's Cairn.
...and here it is - the Jos Naylor Cairn.
Seat Dougal, Seat Casper and Seatallan.
Middle Fell.
The view from higher up giving the cairn some scale.
Seatallan in mist and a flock of advancing sheep.
Middle Fell from the top of Buckbarrow.
Sellafield out on the West Cumbrian coast from the summit of Buckbarrow.
Red Pike is just about visible through the gap between Seatallan and Middle Fell.
Dougal and Casper on the summit.
Red Pike.
In the sunshine on Bull Crag but heavy clouds still hang over Wasdale.
This gully between Bull Crag and Pike Crag looks like an interesting way down.
The view to the summit (up to the left) and Bull Crag (to the right) from Pike Crag. The gully we passed is directly below the edge in the centre of the photo.
Nether Wasdale.
Standing on the edge.
Come on Casper, lets go down that gully with no name. How about Casper Gully?
Half way down the steep scree slope.
It is clearing once more in Wasdale but the cloud is lingering on The Scafells.
Mono Wasdale.
Looking up from the bottom of Casper Gully.
Buckbarrow - Pike Crag, Casper Gully, Bull Crag and Broad Crag.
Casper Gully and the scree run from below.
A final view from Greendale.